Interviews

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Andrea Bakacs Andrea Bakacs is harnessing the power of photography to deliver eco-messages. At just 29, Andrea is pointing her camera at amazing pockets of nature worth saving and a host of green projects sprouting from nooks and crannies across New York City. Ever seen Manhattan’s eco-friendly composting nuns? How about a farm complete with goats and chickens and cherry trees smack in the middle of the east village—on a rooftop? What about the green movement’s equivalent of graffiti artists—guerrilla gardeners? Andrea is taking the public along for a ride on her visual story of green NYC.... read more Read more on Andrea Bakacs at: http://changents.com/earthkeepers

Christopher Swain Christopher Swain, on Earth Day 2009, dove into the frigid and dirty Atlantic ocean, beginning a 1,000 mile, 2-year swim from New England to Washington D.C. — an eco-expedition designed to find alternatives to “unhelpful human activities” (as Christopher likes to say) destroying our ocean habitats as a result of water pollution. The public can follow Christopher’s swim, communicate with him, and experience first hand what he sees while freestyling through water contaminated with algae blooms, oil slicks, trash, heavy metals, toxic chemicals, sewage and nuclear waste… not to mention container ships, rip tides, rain, snow, lightning, high winds and tiger sharks. ... read more Read more on Christopher Swain at: http://changents.com/earthkeepers

Ed Begley Jr. Ed Begley Jr., an actor on the stage, television and on the screen has been nominated for awards numerous times. Begley is perhaps best known for his role on the television series St Elsewhere, for which he received six consecutive Emmy Award nominations. He currently has a reality show about green living called Living With Ed on Planet Green with his wife, actress Rachelle Carson. In addition to acting, Ed has been considered an environmental leader in the Hollywood community for many years. He has served as chairman of the Environmental Media Association, and the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy. He still serves on those boards, as well as the Thoreau Institute, the Earth Communications Office, Tree People and Friends of the Earth, among many others. His work in the environmental community has earned him a number of awards from some of the most prestigious environmental groups in the nation, including the California League of Conservation Voters, the Natural Resources Defense Council, The Coalition for Clean Air, Heal the Bay and the Santa Monica Baykeeper. He currently lives near Los Angeles in a self-sufficient home powered by solar energy. ... read more Read more on Ed Begley Jr. at: http://www.livingwithed.net

Matthew Owen, Director of Cool Earth Matthew Owen has been Director of Cool Earth since its launch in 2007. Cool Earth enables everyone to be a climate change hero. Stopping rainforest destruction is the single most powerful action any of us can take, to keep 260 tonnes of carbon dioxide in each forest acre where it belongs. Cool Earth was created to help individuals, families, communities and companies do just that. We invest from the bottom up in rainforest communities to secure many thousands of acres of endangered forest and make sure that is worth more standing than it is destroyed. 76,000 individuals have joined with Cool Earth to prevent 14 million tonnes of climate changing co2 emissions. This makes Cool Earth Europe’s fastest growing Environmental institution that has now set its sights on the US. ... read more Read more on Matthew Owen, Director of Cool Earth at: http://www.coolearth.org

Sharon Feldman-Rowe, Founder and CEO of Eco-Bags Products, Inc. Sharon Feldman-Rowe is the CEO and Founder of ECOBAGS.com (Eco-Bags Products, Inc) The Original Reusable Bag Company™. ECOBAGS.com is a Woman-Owned and environmentally focused business that provides responsibly produced (fair wage and labor) and sustainable (Natural, Organic & Recycled) products at affordable prices. ECOBAGS® is one of the most popular businesses in the world for eco-conscious reusable bags and natural, organic & recycled products. Bringing these great wholesome options to the general public has given Sharon a personal sense of pride and is a great source of encouragement for all. ... read more Read more on Sharon Feldman-Rowe, Founder and CEO of Eco-Bags Products, Inc. at: http://www.ecobags.com

Jeffrey Loch, Green Earth Technologies With over 20 years of progressive marketing and sales responsibilities within the highly competitive consumer packaged goods arena, Mr. Loch co-founded Green Earth Technologies (GET), a clean tech manufacturing company producing automotive appearance products, engine oil, motor oil and power wash products in 2007. Green Earth Technologies recently announced that they have been granted the “Donut,” the American Petroleum Institute’s Service Symbol for the SAE 5W-30 weight of their green motor oil, G-OIL™. G-OIL is the world’s first bio-based motor oil to achieve these standards and will help reduce dependency on foreign oil and increase US jobs. Prior to GET, Mr. Loch worked for some of the greatest branding companies in the world, including Clorox, Pepsi Cola, Armor All Products Corporation, ConAgra Foods, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare and Dixon Ticonderoga. ... read more Read more on Jeffrey Loch, Green Earth Technologies at: http://www.getg.com

Alexandra Cousteau, Social Environmental Advocate Alexandra Cousteau, a globally recognized advocate on water quality and policy, continues the work of her renowned grandfather Jacques Yves and father Philippe Cousteau. At 32, she has already mastered the remarkable storytelling tradition handed down to her through the generations, and has the unique ability to draw audiences into the weighty issues of policy, politics, and action. Alexandra is a National Geographic Emerging Explorer and a CNN International Principal Voice, a graduate of Georgetown University, and a lifelong explorer and activist. She established Blue Legacy in 2008, an organization dedicated to inspiring people around the world to take action on critical water issues.... read more Read more on Alexandra Cousteau, Social Environmental Advocate at: http://www.bluelegacy.net

Robert Stone, Director of the movie Earth Days Robert Stone is a multi-award-winning, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker. EARTH DAYS is a feature length documentary about the origins of the modern environmental movement, told through the eyes of nine Americans who were inspired to act on what they believed was the most important challenge facing mankind. EARTH DAYS was selected to be the Closing Night Film at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. It will be released theatrically in 2009, followed by a national broadcast on PBS/American Experience in April 2010 to coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first Earth Day.... read more Read more on Robert Stone, Director of the movie Earth Days at: http://www.earthdaysmovie.com

Yoko Ono Yoko Ono is an artist, singer, songwriter, musician, filmmaker and peace activist who lives and works in New York City.... read more Read more on Yoko Ono at: http://www.imaginepeace.com

George Newall, Creator of Schoolhouse Rock! In 1970, George Newall became the catalyst in the creation of ABC’s Schoolhouse Rock. The McCaffrey & McCall President, David McCall, asked him to help develop the concept of setting rote learning to rock music. Newall found Bob Dorough, a composer of uniquely eccentric jazz tunes and lyrics and introduced him to McCall and Newall’s creative partner, Art director cartoonist Tom Yohe. Later that year, the group took their educational idea to Disney CEO Michael Eisner, then Director of Children’s Programming at the ABC Television Network. Eisner immediately bought the idea and in 1972, 3-minute Schoolhouse Rock! segments starting running on ABC seven times each weekend.... read more Read more on George Newall, Creator of Schoolhouse Rock! at: http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/schoolhouse-rock-earth.html

Howard Waldman, Green Dean for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School Howard Waldman is the Green Dean for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in Riverdale, New York. He works on sustainability issues at the school, both pertaining to the physical plant and curriculum development. In addition, he oversees work on the Middle School building's green roof.... read more Read more on Howard Waldman, Green Dean for the Ethical Culture Fieldston School at: http://www.ecfs.org/about/sustainablefieldston/home.aspx

Adam Berg, Founder of Earth Promise Adam Berg is the founder of Earth Promise, an online community dedicated to bringing people together who want to take better care of the environment. which launched in April of 2008. Prior to founding Earth Promise, Adam spent his entire career in the market research world. His experience spans many areas of research including on the client and supplier sides, as well as in the online and offline environments. In addition, he spent two years living in small town in Japan, working as a business manager and English instructor. ... read more Read more on Adam Berg, Founder of Earth Promise at: http://www.earthpromise.com

Eric Mangol, CEO of Figment Media Eric is the CEO of Figment Media, an online music game where people can create and promote fake bands, from the album names, band names, genres and song titles. He does not work in the green world, does not have a green blog, and does not sell green products. We decided to interview Eric to get the viewpoint of a person who does not work in the green world. We wanted to see what they thought about the issues at hand, how various groups of people are dealing with it, and what his plans are to green his life. ... read more Read more on Eric Mangol, CEO of Figment Media at: http://www.figment.cc

Stefani Newman, Eco-Writer and Founder of teensygreen Stefani is a daughter, wife, mom, sister, freelance copywriter, art teacher and green educator (for anyone who will listen)! A native New Yorker, Stefani started teensygreen.com in July of 2007 while living in the beautiful country of Panama, where she lived by the Pacific Ocean for the first time. She now resides in South Florida with her wonderful husband and two beautiful, talented, curious, life-loving daughters, who help her with shell collecting, messy cooking, and library adventures. Stefani hopes to help like-minded parents make economical, educational and safe eco-choices for families - whatever shade of green families choose to be!... read more Read more on Stefani Newman, Eco-Writer and Founder of teensygreen at: http://www.teensygreen.com/

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